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Sweeney (name) Sweeney is a surname that is of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Suibhne'' meaning "son of ''Suibhne''".. For the surnames ''McQueen'', ''Swain'', ''Sweeney'', this website cited: . The Gaelic personal name '' Suibhne'' was originally a ...

* Clan Sweeney, an Irish clan of Scottish origin

Places

Sweeney Mountains The Sweeney Mountains () is a group of mountains of moderate height and about extent, located north of the Hauberg Mountains in Palmer Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne, ...

, Palmer Land, Antarctica *

Sweeney Ridge Sweeney Ridge, is a hilly hiking area of ridges and ravines between San Bruno, California, San Bruno and Pacifica, California, about a 25-minute drive south from San Francisco. The ridge's 1,200-foot-high summit, covered with coastal scrub and gra ...

, a national park in California, United States

Arts and entertainment

*'' The Madness of Sweeney'', a mediaeval Irish legend *''Sweeney'' an Australian bush ballad (1893) by Henry Lawson *

Sweeney Agonistes ''Sweeney Agonistes'' by T. S. Eliot was his first attempt at writing a verse drama although he was unable to complete the piece. In 1926 and 1927 he separately published two scenes from this attempt and then collected them in 1932 in a small ...

, an abandoned "Aristophanic Melodrama" by

T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...

; also two poems, "Sweeney Erect" and "Sweeney Among the Nightingales" from Eliot's ''Poems'' (1920) *''

The Sweeney ''The Sweeney'' is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Ins ...

'', a British television series *''

Sweeney! ''Sweeney!'' is a 1977 British action crime drama film and extension of the ITV television series ''The Sweeney'' which aired on ITV from 1975 to 1978. The film did well enough at the box office that a sequel, ''Sweeney 2'', was released in cine ...

'', a spin-off film of the TV show *'' Sweeney 2'', the 1978 sequel *'' The Sweeney (2012 film)'' *The Sweeney: Paris, an alternative name for the French film

The Squad (2015 film) ''The Squad'' (original title: ''Antigang'') is a 2015 French action film directed by and starring Jean Reno. It is a remake of the 2012 film '' The Sweeney'', which in turn was inspired by the popular television series '' The Sweeney''. In the ...

, a remake of the 2012 film *The Sweeney, British band formed by Murray Torkildsen

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* London slang for the

Flying Squad The Flying Squad is a branch of the Serious and Organised Crime Command within London's Metropolitan Police Service. It is also known as the Robbery Squad, Specialist Crime Directorate 7, SC&O7 and SO7. It is nicknamed The Sweeney, an abbrevia ...

, a branch of the Metropolitan Police Service

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